CreakinDeacon said:

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Dora gonna Dora...

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Her fangirls on Facebook are gonna love that. I can just sense all the Dora-slobbering posts I'll see later.

the responses to her tweet are pathetic

Apparently closes all public and non-religious private schools in Harris County.

CreakinDeacon said:

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Dora gonna Dora...

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Since Katy has schools in Ft. Bend county does she have the authority to do that?

does this postpone the online learning component as well? or just the in-person schooling portion?

Just in person

Does she care?

Better enroll in religious private schools ASAP. Parents
should be given vouchers paid for by funding diverted from public schools not open for in person learning.



Thus, as protected by the First Amendment and Texas law, religious private schools may continue to determine when it is safe for their communities to resume in-person instruction free from any government mandate or interference. Religious private schools therefore need not comply with local public health orders to the contrary.

A) Does she really have the power to do that? My understanding is that the county has no jurisdiction over an ISD as there are several ISDs in the state that cross county lines.

B) Haven't pretty much all ISDs in the area already opted to push back to 9/8 or later anyway?

I think they can control them by controlling their permitted occupancy.

chjoak said:

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A) Does she really have the power to do that? My understanding is that the county has no jurisdiction over an ISD as there are several ISDs in the state that cross county lines.

B) Haven't pretty much all ISDs in the area already opted to push back to 9/8 or later anyway?

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She's not over the health dept. it's supposed to be independent of county govt. She is just taking credit for it.

chjoak said:

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A) Does she really have the power to do that? My understanding is that the county has no jurisdiction over an ISD as there are several ISDs in the state that cross county lines.

B) Haven't pretty much all ISDs in the area already opted to push back to 9/8 or later anyway?

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Yeah I think most schools have basically done this outside of maybe Humble and Kingwood, so this is just Dora making sure people know she did it and virtue signaling

Katy already decided to do online only until Sept 8 anyway so they will be following the order anyway

Most private schools did not switch to virtual learning so this will definitely impact non religious private schools.

most? I haven't heard of any that didn't. I'm sure there were some that didn't but can't imagine it was the majority.

I meant for the upcoming school year.

got it

Well we are SBISD yet my wife had a call with a private school (religious) admissions counselor this morning that has availability and is on track to start mid August. Obviously a lot can change between now and then.

But kids going into 3rd and kinder. Pretty tempting as my oldest realllly needs to go back to school.

I thought this was funny...."the community pressure's on"

BohunkAg said:

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I thought this was funny...."the community pressure's on"

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That didn't take long. People trying to pressure my kids school to close can get bent. I hope they don't cave.

wessimo said:

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Graph updated. The down slope looks perfectly perfect. Nobody better say otherwise or they are a big fat Karen.

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That curve is flatter than OPs wife.

cab559 said:

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Well we are SBISD yet my wife had a call with a private school (religious) admissions counselor this morning that has availability and is on track to start mid August. Obviously a lot can change between now and then.

But kids going into 3rd and kinder. Pretty tempting as my oldest realllly needs to go back to school.

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our religious school in Spring is good to go to resume in person classes on Aug 24th!

Most recent letter from the Catholic Diocese of Galveston-Houston says that they "hope that all schools will be supporting face to face instruction by Sept 8", so that option is out.

why the thin skin

TXTransplant said:

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Most recent letter from the Catholic Diocese of Galveston-Houston says that they "hope that all schools will be supporting face to face instruction by Sept 8", so that option is out.

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Seems to me they are leaving it up to the school

https://ec-prod-site-cache.s3.amazonaws.com/static/choosecatholicschools.org/documents/2020/7/July321732letter32to32communities.docx.pdf

TXTransplant said:

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Most recent letter from the Catholic Diocese of Galveston-Houston says that they "hope that all schools will be supporting face to face instruction by Sept 8", so that option is out.

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My daughters school is Catholic and set to open Aug 18th. I have yet to hear anything otherwise.

BohunkAg said:

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TXTransplant said:

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Most recent letter from the Catholic Diocese of Galveston-Houston says that they "hope that all schools will be supporting face to face instruction by Sept 8", so that option is out.

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Seems to me they are leaving it up to the school

https://ec-prod-site-cache.s3.amazonaws.com/static/choosecatholicschools.org/documents/2020/7/July321732letter32to32communities.docx.pdf

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I read paragraph three as that they are not expecting all schools to open on day 1

" School leaders have the ability to make site based decisions about their first day of school, and that date
for most of our schools will be on or around the week of August 13th. It is our hope that all schools will be
supporting face to face instruction by September 8th. For schools that are able, a remote learning option
is being made available to parents that are more comfortable with their students learning from home."